Mtiuleti
Mtiuleti
მთიულეთი | |
|---|---|
 Map highlighting the historical region of Mtiuleti in Georgia | |
| Country |  Georgia |
| Mkhare | Mtskheta-Mtianeti |
| Capital | Pasanauri |
| Area | |
| • Total | 711 km2 (275 sq mi) |
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Mtiuleti (
, is a traditional center of the region.In its original and narrower sense, Mtiuleti comprises a small historic mountainous community called Tskhavati. Since the 13th century, the neighboring valleys of
Gudamakari
have also been frequently viewed as parts of Mtiuleti.
According to a historic tradition,
Imperial Russia, which had annexed eastern Georgia in 1801. The uprising quickly spread to the neighboring mountainous regions, but was eventually suppressed by the Russian commander Pavel Tsitsianov
after heavy fighting.
References
- Dj. Gvasalia, "Mtiuleti." In: Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, Vol. 6, p. 673. Tbilisi: 1983. (in Georgian)
- Kurtsikidze, Shorena & Chikovani, Vakhtang, Ethnography and Folklore of the Georgia-Chechnya Border: Images, Customs, Myths & Folk Tales of the Peripheries, Munich: Lincom Europa, 2008
- Mtiuleti. Georgian Tourism and Recreation Information System. Accessed on December 11, 2006.
